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by Bruce Brown | March 3, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
When I went for my annual physical just last month, a nurse gave me a memory test that included answering questions like the day of the week, the season, and the town we were in, copying a simple geometric shape, and recalling a short string of words. Perhaps for next...
by Alfred Poor | March 3, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
The photo above may look a bit like a satellite surveillance photo of a water treatment plant, but it’s actually something quite different. What you see in the image are sensors that have been embroidered on the inside of a pair of running leggings, as part of a...
by Alfred Poor | March 1, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health
When I was growing up, the super power I envied most in the Marvel Comics hero, Spiderman, was his “sixth sense” that would tingle when someone was nearby. As I grew older, I learned that this “situational awareness” of your surroundings is an...
by Bruce Brown | February 25, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
You can see clues to future directions when a technology niche catches the attention of some of the largest component manufacturers. The significant time, space, personnel, and financial resources required to to develop microprocessors and other components isn’t...
by Alfred Poor | February 25, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Sticky notes, aluminum foil, sponges, tape: it sounds like the recipe for a MacGyver escape device, but it’s not. In a field dominated by high-tech processes and painstakingly-engineered materials, a group of researchers have come up with a low cost design for...
by Alfred Poor | February 24, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable devices for Health Tech applications generally rely on digital electronic sensors to gather data about the wearer. This data than gets processed and reported in ways that ideally will monitor the subject’s health and provide indications of what...
